Synonyms for suffocating
suf·fo·cat·ing

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1. smothering, suffocating, suffocativeadjective

   causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

   "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"

   Synonyms:
   suffocative, smothering

   Antonyms:
   eupnoeic, eupneic, breathing

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1. List of paraphrases for "suffocating":

   stifling, choking, asphyxiating, smothering, asphyxiation

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1. Fieger Law -RRB- Fieger:

   As you can see in the video, far more than two people are involved in suffocating him, i would urge them to reconsider the other people ... who are clearly involved in the killing of Cornelius.

2. Todd Kalinski:

   it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage

3. Alex Dimitriu:

   People with sleep apnea will report dreams of, like, drowning, suffocating, giant waves, gasping for air, being underwater or being choked.

4. Kuduni Sherpa:

   We all rushed out to the open and the next moment a huge wall of snow just piled on me, i managed to dig out of what could easily have been my grave. I wiggled and used my claws to dig as much as I could. I was suffocating, I could not breathe. But I knew I had to survive.

5. Lucy Watmough:

   It's so suffocating and overwhelming, and you want to get through it the best way you can, but the culture of fear is just paralyzing, and it's that shame and stigma that's just so ingrained in Irish society.